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Retired federal appeals court Judge J. Michael Luttig, a prominent conservative legal scholar put on the bench by President George H.W. Bush, is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Donald Trump, whose candidacy he describes as an existential threat to American democracy.

It will be the first time Luttig, a veteran of two Republican administrations, has voted for a Democrat.

“In the presidential election of 2024 there is only one political party and one candidate for the presidency that can claim the mantle of defender and protector of America’s Democracy, the Constitution, and the Rule of Law,” Luttig wrote in a statement obtained exclusively by CNN. “As a result, I will unhesitatingly vote for the Democratic Party’s candidate for the Presidency of the United States, Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris.”

Luttig played a now famous role in persuading then-Vice President Mike Pence to defy Trump and certify the 2020 presidential election. In a series of tweets drafted at the request of Pence’s attorney, Luttig spelled out in stark terms the legal rationale for Pence to reject the former president’s attempt to overturn Joe Biden’s victory.

Since then, Luttig has emerged as a preeminent constitutional critic of Trump. In endorsing Harris, Luttig argues that partisan distinctions must, in this election, be set aside in order to prevent the “singularly unfit” Trump from returning to the White House.

“In voting for Vice President Harris, I assume that her public policy views are vastly different from my own,” Luttig writes, “but I am indifferent in this election as to her policy views on any issues other than America’s Democracy, the Constitution, and the Rule of Law, as I believe all Americans should be.”

Luttig’s scathing rebuke of Trump and endorsement of Harris underscores the depths of divisions between Reagan-and Bush-era Republicans and the modern, Trump-dominated GOP. The former judge is just as an unsparing of the Republican party as he is of Trump, whom together he says have launched “the war on America’s Democracy.”

The corrosive effects, he adds, will echo through generations.

 

“Because of the former president’s continued, knowingly false claims that he won the 2020 election, millions of Americans no longer have faith and confidence in our national elections, and many never will again,” Luttig writes. “Many Americans – especially young Americans, tragically – have even begun to question whether constitutional democracy is the best form of self-government for America.”

The stakes, Luttig argues, are as high now as in the late 18th century, when the country’s founders and authors of the US Constitution – including Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson, typically political foes – joined together to voice concern over the potential emergence of an authoritarian demagogue.

“The time for America’s choosing has come,” Luttig writes. “It is time for all Americans to stand and affirm whether they believe in American Democracy, the Constitution, and the Rule of Law, and want for America the same – or whether they do not.”

Though this will be Luttig’s first time pulling the lever for a Democrat in any election, he has, in the aftermath of January 6, 2021, come out in support of some decisions by the Biden administration. He wholeheartedly endorsed the 2022 nomination of now-Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the high court, even calling out Republicans who said they would not vote to confirm her.

“The President knew at the time that there were any number of highly qualified black women on the lower federal courts from among whom he could choose – including Judge Jackson – and Republicans should have known that the President would nominate one of those supremely qualified black women to succeed Justice Breyer,” he wrote at the time.

Luttig now joins a number of high-profile Republicans endorsing Harris, including former members of Congress Joe Walsh, Barbara Comstock and Adam Kinzinger.

Kinzinger, now a CNN contributor, will have a high-profile speaking slot this week at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, also a CNN contributor, endorsed Harris at the end of July in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution op-ed.

Her campaign, he wrote, was “the best vehicle toward preventing another stained Trump presidency.”

Speaking to CNN, Luttig said his decision to publicly back Harris was a matter of knowing “right from wrong” – and acting in accordance.

“In my faith, we believe that we will one day answer for our wrongs. I have always tried to live my life in anticipation of that day. Imperfectly, to be sure. But I have tried,” an emotional Luttig said. “My endorsement of the Vice President was the right thing to do. It would have been wrong for me to stay silent, and I believe I would have one day had to answer for that silence.

It’s really that simple.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/19/politics/conservative-republican-endorses-harris-calls-trump-a-threat-to-democracy/index.html

just in case anyone didn't want to click the link before replying... 

 

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At this point it's anyone but Trump it looks like for alot of people.

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Poor Karen :lol:

"I'm told nobody clicks my links, so now I'm going to copy/paste the whole article!!"

 

 

<Meanwhile, nobody continues to read what's posted>

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4 minutes ago, Bontz said:

Poor Karen :lol:

"I'm told nobody clicks my links, so now I'm going to copy/paste the whole article!!"

 

 

<Meanwhile, nobody continues to read what's posted>

I've never in three decades of being on message boards ever see a grown man whine and cry about other posters as much as you do. 

Do you actually have a vagina?  

:)

 

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Feeling hurt ... noted :lol:

He needs more votes not less than his last loss.

Keep talkin you LOOZER 

14 minutes ago, Bontz said:

Poor Karen :lol:

"I'm told nobody clicks my links, so now I'm going to copy/paste the whole article!!"

 

 

<Meanwhile, nobody continues to read what's posted>

Never read anything this fucking tds loon posts. The dude is a loose cannon..

Just now, Pete said:

Never read anything this fucking tds loon posts. The dude is a loose cannon..

You calling someone  a loose cannon is

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3 minutes ago, Mainecat said:

He needs more votes not less than his last loss.

Keep talkin you LOOZER 

Hey, Steve's dad is here .... nice!  Just finishing up your container of apple sauce after the nursing home staff woke you up from your nap?

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6 minutes ago, Bontz said:

Feeling hurt ... noted :lol:

not hurt whatsoever 

the truth is in fact more painful, for you

3 minutes ago, Pete said:

Never read anything this fucking tds loon posts. The dude is a loose cannon..

yet here you are once again showing off the big brain 

 

 

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1 minute ago, Crnr2Crnr said:

not hurt whatsoever 

the truth is in fact more painful, for you

My life doesn't revolve around this place, so I hate to burst your bubble there Karen.  Painful and annoying are completely different terms and you would be the latter ... and I'd go out on a limb that statement covers about 95% of the regulars here & their same sentiment.  Why is it you posted the full article instead of a link?  You were going to post it either way, but you saw what I said earlier about people not clicking your links.

Sorry to hurt your feelings ... again :lol:

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Yup. . old pussy Republicans are dead.

MAGA has taken over and will prevail........ everyone is afraid of being exposed and losing their elite power.           Go Trump ! 👍 

Threat to Democracy :lmao:..... installing a candidate is the very definition of threat to Democracy.   

Just now, Bontz said:

My life doesn't revolve around this place, so I hate to burst your bubble there Karen.  Painful and annoying are completely different terms and you would be the latter ... and I'd go out on a limb that statement covers about 95% of the regulars here & their same sentiment.  Why is it you posted the full article instead of a link?  You were going to post it either way, but you saw what I said earlier about people not clicking your links.

Sorry to hurt your feelings ... again :lol:

Still did not read it though  :lol: 

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4 minutes ago, Bontz said:

My life doesn't revolve around this place, so I hate to burst your bubble there Karen.  Painful and annoying are completely different terms and you would be the latter ... and I'd go out on a limb that statement covers about 95% of the regulars here & their same sentiment.  Why is it you posted the full article instead of a link?  You were going to post it either way, but you saw what I said earlier about people not clicking your links.

Sorry to hurt your feelings ... again :lol:

and ya took the bait like the chump you are 

:)

going to nibble on my other hooks as well? 

 

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5 minutes ago, ViperGTS/Z1 said:

Yup. . old pussy Republicans are dead.

MAGA has taken over and will prevail........ everyone is afraid of being exposed and losing their elite power.           Go Trump ! 👍 

Threat to Democracy :lmao:..... installing a candidate is the very definition of threat to Democracy.   

@Bontz doesn't even want him on the ticket?

:dunno:

 

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Just now, Crnr2Crnr said:

@Bontz doesn't even want him on the ticket?

:dunno:

 

And what's your point?

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1 minute ago, ViperGTS/Z1 said:

And what's your point?

Karen needs her attention.  All it takes is calling her out and she gets all "edgy" :lolz: Make sure you don't hurt her feelings!! :lol:

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5 minutes ago, Bontz said:

Karen needs her attention.  All it takes is calling her out and she gets all "edgy" :lolz: Make sure you don't hurt her feelings!! :lol:

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the :baby:has arrived... get the nook, diapers and wipes ready, then warm up some breast milk!!!

 

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Pugsly is due for another meltdown! No one to blame it on this time either.

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Butt Plug somehow gets dumber by the day ... I'd never have guessed that's possible.  There's only been one meltdown here, and you'd know more about it than anyone since it was your reach around buddy who quit because he didn't have the backup he thought he did :lol:

Pugslys still sad. :sad:

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That's some wonderful projection you have there, Butt Plug :lol:

We all know you miss your buddy.  Sorry (not sorry) that he took his ball and ran away.

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For some reason I don't care what Mike's opinion is. :dunno:

2 minutes ago, Bontz said:

That's some wonderful projection you have there, Butt Plug :lol:

We all know you miss your buddy.  Sorry (not sorry) that he took his ball and ran away.

You're the one who mentions him constantly. :thumbsup:

2 minutes ago, Steve753 said:

You're the one who mentions him constantly. :thumbsup:

Like DB or bookkeeper? Put a sock in it you childish hypocrite 

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Just now, Skidooski said:

Like DB or bookkeeper? Put a sock in it you childish hypocrite 

I'm sitting here day drinking, thinking should I search the term "bookkeeper" for another kick in Sthevie's plums.. And here you come in and :groin: for me..DBDS is a real thing :lol:

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